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Anna L Anderson-Lazo, Ph.D.UC San Diego Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research FellowSummary: Over 15 years of experience providing leadership and developing other leaders incollaborations among organizations, agencies, and government to improve communities througheducation, research, and advocacy.EDUCATIONPh.D., Anthropology University of California, Santa Cruz (2003)M.A., Anthropology University of California, Santa Cruz (1995)B.A., Honors, Anthropology Stanford University (1993)LANGUAGESSPANISHBilingual Work &Research Experience.FRENCHReading & ConversationStudy: Alliance Française, Paris.DUTCH, GARIFUNA,NAVAJOStudy, immersion, researchINDIVIDUAL/SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS(1995 – 2010)UC CHANCELLOR’S POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW — San, Diego, CA10/11 to PresentProject: The proposed research seeks to add precision and depth to the current understanding ofparticipatory and community-based models for reducing health disparities in socio-economicallydisadvantaged, ethnic and minority communities by connecting a comparative, ethnographic study ofresident participation in community health initiatives in three San Diego neighborhoods to the socialhistory of community mobilization, (re)development and planning, and economic recovery efforts inthese communities over the last two decades. In its first six months, this project has forged acommunity/university partnership wherein residents, researchers and students contribute to collectiveethnography as co-researchers, learning interdisciplinary social science methods and approaches, andcreating tools to analyze and communicate food system data through stories and maps.Graduate Research Fellow– (2002) Position had two valences: 1) Dissertation completion, and 2) Researchsupport to Dr. C. Martin-Shaw regarding women’s economies and movements in Kenya & Zimbabwe.Fulbright Fellowship & Extension – Guatemala (1997-1998). "Physiographies of Difference: MappingGuatemalan Identity from the Margins.” As a Fulbright scholar in Guatemala during the Peace Process, Iworked with Afro-indigenous women organizers and oral historians, who were elder men. Mycommunity-study combined policy analysis, comparative legal studies and political anthropology with anoral-history project to connect these women’s stories to the work of human rights and socialdevelopment non-government organizations (NGOs), as well as that of United Nations projectofficers. The extension award allowed me to convene a conference and produce as well as present aslide show, engaging national and local experts, leaders, and members of the Livingston community.Further Research: Interviews with visiting Garifuna historian Don Pablo Roberto Mejia. Jamaica, NY,July 1999; interviews and presentation to the Central American Garifuna Community LeadersConsortium. Brooklyn, New York; July 1999.

“Cracking Heads: One Man’s Story about Public Discourse and Independent Trucker-Teamster Relations."Ethnographic Video & Masters Paper, Spring 1994."Gender and Gender Variance in Navajo Community." Tsaile, Az. Stanford Undergraduate Thesis Fieldwork,Summer 1992.“Aids Education & Minority Needs.” Volunteered Safer Sex information hours and conducted two-monthcross-cultural study regarding minority needs, especially Native American students. Final project forAmerican Indians & Education course. Sharon Nelson-Barber, Ph.D. Stanford University. Winter 1990.PUBLICATIONSAnderson-Lazo, AL.2009 Introduction to Practice What You Teach: Activist Anthropology at the Sites of Cross-Talk and Cross-Fire. NewProposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry. 2(2): 6-11. (Guest Editor.)Anderson-Lazo, AL.2009 A Reflection on Political Research and Social Justice Organizing. In New Proposals: Journal of Marxism andInterdisciplinary Inquiry. 2(2): 61-72.Anderson, AL.2003 Of One Accord: Garifuna Collective Action and the Social Transformation of the Guatemalan Peace Process inLabuga (1996 – 1998). Doctoral Thesis. (556 pp.) Department of Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz. SantaCruz, CA.Anderson, AL.1993 Gender, Kinship & the Modern Sexual Identity--Navajo Traditions of Gender Variance. Undergraduate HonorsThesis, Dept. of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.Anderson, AL.1993 Dispelling Stereotypes--Native American Women in American Life & History. In Curriculum Supplement andGuidebook for Teachers in California Public Schools (used in Oakland). Edited by Sharon NelsonBarber, Ph.D. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATIONAnderson-Lazo, AL. You Can Leave Your Hat On: Engaged Ethnography as Apprenticeship in the Age of CBPR, ActionResearch & Service-Learning.Anderson-Lazo, AL. Vacant Lots in Southeastern San Diego - Reclaiming the Food System through Collaborative Ethnography andCommunity History ProjectsAnderson-Lazo, AL. Strategic Narrativity—Don Beto and the Garifuna Art of Political Story-telling, History and Identity Making.TEACHING EXPERIENCE(1993 – 2001)FELLOW / CO-INSTRUCTOR / COURSE ASSISTANT — Univ. of California. Santa Cruz, CA Political Anthropology (Fellow 2000) Sex, Race and Globalizations (Co-instructor 2001) Introduction to Third World Feminisms (Honig 1999) Greater Mexican Folklore (Najera 1999) Intro to Visual Culture (Chen 1998) American Gov’t & US Political Institutions (Wirls 1996) Caribbean Francophone Literature (Placente 1996) Caribbean Societies & Cultures (Barton 1995)2 A L AC u r r i c u l u mV i t a e2 0 1 1

Intersexions: X-Cultural Perspectives on Gender/Sex and Sexuality Studies (Co-instructor 1995) Intro to Cultural Anthropology (Caton 1994; Klein 1996) Culture through Film. (Tsing 1994)VOLUNTEER ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR — Livingston, Guatemala. (1998)COMMUNITY-BASED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE(2003-2010)HIGHLIGHTS Recruited, trained and supervised staff, community leaders and volunteers in (multicultural/multilingual)teams of 2 to 100 persons in nonprofit and for-profit contexts.Coordinated 50 events, conferences, conventions, and fundraising galas with 90 to 2000 attendees.Worked in leadership positions with 25 community groups to build durable organizations, powerfulcoalitions, and impactful advocacy efforts related to policy and governance, including planning, fundingand implementing programs and campaigns.AREAS OF EXPERTISEResearch, Analysis & PublishingDevelopment & Grant-writingManagement (Non and for profit)Organizing & AdvocacyTeaching & Curriculum DevelopmentConferences, Conventions & EventsPrograms & CampaignsStrategic Planning & BudgetsTeambuilding & TrainingCONSULTANT — San, Diego, CA1/03 to 10/11 Critical Thinking Resources San Diego Fine Arts Society Full Circle Yoga Institute Women’s History Museum and the San Diego Public Library Kids Corp Enterprises/Tubman Chavez Multicultural Center Global Education through Music Beginnings The Giving Tree Studio 619 Individual authors Stanford Publications Editorial Asst. (1993) Writing, research and grants-development.Project/program/campaign and organizational development.Editorial services for professional writers, web developers, and organizations.Event planning and sustainable catering.EMPOWER SAN DIEGO – San Diego, CA4/09 to 12/09Executive Director Led start-up, nonprofit organization to define education and civic engagement focus tocomplement work of two sister organizations, Progressive San Diego political action committee and501(c)4. See http://www.empowersandiego.org. Selected contributions: Worked with trustees to finalize bylaws, conduct strategic planning, refine mission and vision, and createstrategic plan, work plan, and budgets.Created new programs, campaign, bi-weekly civic participation e-newsletter, and content for promotions.Created content for grants, supervised development director, and secured FY2010 funding from localcommunity foundations to fund half-time program coordinator.SAN DIEGO ORGANIZING PROJECT — San Diego, CA12/03 to 2/05Organizer (Bilingual) Coordinated advocacy efforts among five faith-based organizing units to improveneighborhoods & address community concerns throughout San Diego in membership organization of42,000 families. See http://www.sdop.net/3 A L AC u r r i c u l u mV i t a e2 0 1 1

ACTIVIST SAN DIEGO — San Diego, CA3/03 to 11/03Interim Development Director A social justice organization that promotes and facilitates the developmentof an active, interrelated, progressive community in San Diego through networking, culture and electronictechnology. See http://www.activistsandiego.org/COMMUNITY BASED/COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS(1995–2010)SAN DIEGO PEOPLE UNITED FOR SOCIALJUSTICE STATE BUDGET COALITION (2009-10)WOMEN OF COLOR RESEARCHCOLLABORATIVE & UC CURRICULUMDEVELOPMENT (1994-2000)LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS PUBLIC POLICY (2010)KENTUCKY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT (2000)CULTIVATING FOOD JUSTICE & HEALTHYFOODSHED POLICY (2008-11)GUATEMALAN NATIONAL BILINGUALCURRICULUM PROJECT (1998)COMMUNITY-BASED FORUMS & PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES(1995-2010)CULTIVATING FOOD JUSTICE CONFERENCE. SDSU. San Diego, CA. Apr 2010. Organizingcommittee advisor.COMMUNITY FORUM: SAN DIEGANS DISCUSS STATE BUDGET WITH SENATOR DENISEDUCHENY. San Diego, CA. Apr 2010. Organizer & emcee.A COMMUNITY INTRODUCTION TO DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY APPROACHES WITHJIM ROUGH, DEANNA MARTIN AND MANFRED HELLRIGL. Primary director/organizer withCommon Cause, PACE, and the Social Justice Center at Lincoln High School. Sept 2009.PRACTICE WHAT YOU TEACH: ENGAGING GLOBAL SOLUTIONS IN APPLIEDCONTEXTS Sessions I & II. Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa, FL, Mar 2007.NEW VOICES: SDOP’S GET-OUT-THE-VOTE CONVENTIONResponsible for event logistics, managing 100 volunteers, accommodating and transporting 2000attendees including 30 federal, state and regional officials and dignitaries. San Diego, CA, Nov 2004.STRATEGIC IDENTITIES: TRANS-LOCAL COLLABORATIONS IN DIFFERENCEModerator: Angela Davis. American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA, Nov 2000.ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE GUATEMALAN GARIFUNA COMMUNITY CONFERENCELivingston, Guatemala, Jun 1998. Conceived, organized, and coordinated conference with Garifunaleaders, organizers, and researchers, including presentation of research results and slide show.INTERSEXIONS: THE LOCATION OF ETHNOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION AND/ORRADICAL SEXUAL POLITICS. American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC. Nov 1995.4 A L AC u r r i c u l u mV i t a e2 0 1 1